Soft skills and Work Readiness

Soft skills, or employability skills, have become the hard skills of today’s workforce. Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Center concluded that 85% of job success comes from having well-developed soft skills, and only 15% of job success comes from technical skills and knowledge. Yet, employers say that applicants are unprepared for work because of their lack of these soft, employability skills.

Reality Workplace Ethics

Reality Workplace Ethics is set against a backdrop of adults’ real lives, where family needs must be balanced with work. Cultural diversity is built into each story through characters of different ethnic and racial backgrounds. Three activities provide practice in addressing work-related ethical concerns. The Instructor’s Guide is packed with materials to expand and enhance each lesson.

Eight PDF lessons on CD can be printed, stored on a server or individual customers, or viewed on a white board or through a projector. The lessons work well in an individualized or teacher-directed environment.